Locals play speed-breaker in Hennur; stop driver going over 60 km/h, attack him with beer bottles

Manoj Kumar was driving at a speed of 60km per hour through Chelikere, on his way to meet his brother

Make sure you drive within the speed limit at all times and all places in Bengaluru. On Christmas, Manoj Kumar, 26, a resident of Munikattappa Layout in Nagawara, was attacked by a mob for driving at 60 km/hr. A group of men in Hennur stopped his car, beat him black and blue and left him with stitches on his head. Kumar has filed a complaint with Hennur police.

At around 8pm, Kumar was driving on a mud road in Arkavathu Layout in Chelikere. He was on his way to meet his brother. He was driving at the speed of 60km/h when a group of men started calling him. Assuming his brother was among them, Kumar stopped and got out of the car. A group of eight men stepped up and started abusing Kumar for speeding.

The speeding vehicle raised a cloud of dust which settled on a group sitting by the road

In his complaint, Kumar says that when he asked the men not to use abusive language, there was a heated argument. Some of the men started beating Kumar, while some others seized beer bottles from the side of the road and hit him on his head and hands. They desisted when Kumar started bleeding profusely and sent him away. But before Kumar left, one of the men said that his name was Ranjith and Kumar was free to do whatever he could against them.

The enraged locals called after Kumar, who thought his brother was among them and stopped the car

Hennur police have taken up the case of assault, wrongful restraint, and other charges on the attackers. An investigating officer said, “Since the road he was driving on is a mud road, the car shook up a cloud of dust that fell on the group of men sitting there. So, they managed to stop Manoj by shouting at him. But then they beat him up. They were not under the influence of alcohol though. Those beer bottles were left by someone there. We don’t have any clues on the attackers apart from one person who claimed that his name is Ranjith. We have formed a team to trace the attackers. Once we catch them, we will get to know their version of the incident.”

When Kumar protested being abused, they started hitting him with beer bottles lying around

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